[Life] 🌳 Paradise: The Nature Club

Name: Zeostar
The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Whismicott
The plant you will raise: Anthurium
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Praying Mantis

I would like to join this as I have planted trees before. When I was in the 1st grade, I went outside in the backyard one day and planted about 10 trees with my mother. Unfortunately not all of them survived, but the ones that did are still growing a decade later. We occasionally visit that old house and check on our trees. It was a special memory.



I love the look of these plants. There's also a pink variation.

Name: Caite-chan
The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Vikavolt
The plant you will raise: Pine Tree
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Walking Sticks, Lightning Bugs, Praying Mantis and Grasshoppers

Name: Sam

The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Roselia, a shiny one if it's allowed.

The plant you will raise: A rose bush.

I'd like to think of my rose as a Desmond Tutu Rose, since I love red roses and the passion they representnd. This is an especially gorgeous rose, and pays tribute to the heroic efforts and kindness of Bishop Tutu. They grow in my community, this I photographed at the city garden during my birthday last year.



Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Butterflies, ladybugs and Vespiquen- throwing in my favorite bug Pokemon because I can :P

I also plan to participate in this event. We've been experiencing heavy rainy this weekend, so I can't snap shot anything today, but when the sun returns I'll see what's in my backyard.

I enjoy taking "nature walks" nearly every day, weather permitting, looking for insects and other interesting fauna, flora, and fungi—even fossils. I'm looking forward to sharing some of my finds!

Name: icycatelf
The Grass- or Bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Mothim
The plant you will raise: Let's go with Lactuca floridana since its flowers are some of the prettiest I've encountered.
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Moths! Some of my faves include the Rosy Maple Moth, Giant Leopard Moth, Smaller Parasa, and iconic Luna Moth. I also enjoy caterpillars, especially bagworms (thanks to Pokémon, I'm sure) and sphinx caterpillars.

Fair warning these pictures will be BIG but in a good way. With my new phone I love the camera I have on it and I'm always playing around with it. I've been taking pictures of the rose bush we have in honor of Mom and still getting into the middle of October and she it STILL blooming roses.

And with all the gardening we've been doing this past summer we get all sorts of bugs and as usual I've been trying to take pictures of them with my phone. I try to get as close as I can before they decide to hop off.

Name: Clover
The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Lurantis
The plant you will raise: Gerbera
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Ladybugs, dragonflies, butterflies, moths, mantises, bees and Christmas spiders!

Gerberas are my favourite flower - I adore their bright, cheerful yet simple beauty and all the colours they come in! I also like to collect merchandise and jewellery of ladybugs, dragonflies and butterflies when I can. <3

ZeoStar said:

Name: Zeostar
The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Whismicott
The plant you will raise: Anthurium
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Praying Mantis

I would like to join this as I have planted trees before. When I was in the 1st grade, I went outside in the backyard one day and planted about 10 trees with my mother. Unfortunately not all of them survived, but the ones that did are still growing a decade later. We occasionally visit that old house and check on our trees. It was a special memory.

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I love the look of these plants. There's also a pink variation.

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Welcome, Zeo! That's sure a beautiful flower you chose - I also love anthuriums, they have quite an exotic charm to them! And that's a lovely memory you've shared. What kind of trees were they? :) Do you still enjoy gardening?

Caite-chan said:

Name: Caite-chan
The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Vikavolt
The plant you will raise: Pine Tree
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Walking Sticks, Lightning Bugs, Praying Mantis and Grasshoppers

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Hi, Caite, welcome! I forgot Vikavolt existed, probably because I blocked Charjabug out of my memory. xD And I love phasmids, too! Here were call them stick insects and they swarm the outside walls of our house at certain times of the year, haha. They're fun to play with - same with grasshoppers. :D Are pine trees your favourite?

VisionofMilotic said:

Name: Sam

The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Roselia, a shiny one if it's allowed.

The plant you will raise: A rose bush.

I'd like to think of my rose as a Desmond Tutu Rose, since I love red roses and the passion they representnd. This is an especially gorgeous rose, and pays tribute to the heroic efforts and kindness of Bishop Tutu. They grow in my community, this I photographed at the city garden during my birthday last year.

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Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Butterflies, ladybugs and Vespiquen- throwing in my favorite bug Pokemon because I can :P

I also plan to participate in this event. We've been experiencing heavy rainy this weekend, so I can't snap shot anything today, but when the sun returns I'll see what's in my backyard.

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Happy to see you here, Sam! Roses are such a healing flower, aren't they? I find that nothing quite soothes the heart like a magnificent rose display, with their air of romance and delicate perfume... *wistful sigh* I always swoon over a rose garden! Those Desmond Tutu Roses are stunning, in particular! It must be lovely having the world come alive in bloom on your birthday. <3 I hope you will share your gardening tips with us. :)

I'm looking forward to seeing what you discover!

icycatelf said:

I enjoy taking "nature walks" nearly every day, weather permitting, looking for insects and other interesting fauna, flora, and fungi—even fossils. I'm looking forward to sharing some of my finds!

Name: icycatelf
The Grass- or Bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Mothim
The plant you will raise: Let's go with Lactuca floridana since its flowers are some of the prettiest I've encountered.
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Moths! Some of my faves include the Rosy Maple Moth, Giant Leopard Moth, Smaller Parasa, and iconic Luna Moth. I also enjoy caterpillars, especially bagworms (thanks to Pokémon, I'm sure) and sphinx caterpillars.

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Welcome to the club, icycatelf! I'm really excited to see all your contributions, especially after everything you've shared in your Pokémon General thread! Mothim is a really underrated Pokémon and one of my favourite bug-types (especially its shiny), so excellent choice. ^^

Can't wait to hear more about your expertise! I'm going to set up a gallery of everyone's photos and findings. :)

Eleanor said:

Name: Eleanor
The Grass- or Bug-type Pokémon that represents you: I can have both at the same time! Swadloon~
The plant you will raise: I think I'll start with something a bit exotic and that doesn't look too interesting at first sight, but that I saw on a park near here and found very interesting: Taxodium distichum, aka. the Bald Cypress!
Your favourite bugs/insects/arthropods: Dragonflies! If I had to point out a species in particular, it's a local - Calopteryx splendens, or the Banded demoiselle!

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Signing up with style, huh? I like it! Happy to have you join, Loomie! :D Mature cypress trees are amazing and attract all kinds of life. I even love how they look in the winter, they're so willowy and wraithlike. <3

Ah, dragonflies are amazing, aren't they? Over here in WA we're getting mature dragonflies again, and it's so fascinating seeing them zip about with such agility! It helps that they eat mosquitoes. :') I hope to hear more about the nature and insect life in your area! :D Are there any flowers that you particularly like?

Caite-chan said:

Fair warning these pictures will be BIG but in a good way. With my new phone I love the camera I have on it and I'm always playing around with it. I've been taking pictures of the rose bush we have in honor of Mom and still getting into the middle of October and she it STILL blooming roses.

And with all the gardening we've been doing this past summer we get all sorts of bugs and as usual I've been trying to take pictures of them with my phone. I try to get as close as I can before they decide to hop off.

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Wow, I am just loving those roses... the colour is surreal! I think those peach ones with the pink tips are some of my favourite, actually. Such a beautiful way to honour your mother. What are these particular roses called?

Cute grasshopper! Cats sure love to chase these little guys, haha. So did I when I was a kid, until I discovered that they puke on you as a defence mechanism. xD I LOVE seeing grasshoppers because over here it means summer is on its way. :D

Double posting because I wanted to ask you all something separately from my last post!

So, this club was originally intended as a place to discuss everything about nature, apart from animals, because I was going to create a separate club for wild animals. Icycatelf suggested either making this club include animals to negate a separate club, or make the animal club and include insects there, instead of here. Or I could make the animal club and keep this club as it currently is (with insects included). What are your thoughts on this?

I'm going to reconstruct the OP at some point anyway when I include the upcoming games and events, so any choice is fine by me. :)

Hyzenthlay said:

Double posting because I wanted to ask you all something separately from my last post!

So, this club was originally intended as a place to discuss everything about nature, apart from animals, because I was going to create a separate club for wild animals. Icycatelf suggested either making this club include animals to negate a separate club, or make the animal club and include insects there, instead of here. Or I could make the animal club and keep this club as it currently is (with insects included). What are your thoughts on this?

I'm going to reconstruct the OP at some point anyway when I include the upcoming games and events, so any choice is fine by me. :)

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I mean there's enough animals in the world to have its own club without it being to minimal. Technically there's enough bugs in the world for the same thing but you just chose to put them together. I almost feel like it would be to much if we included animals seeing as how with VPP this is for Grass and Bug types.

Hyzenthlay said:

Welcome to the club, icycatelf! I'm really excited to see all your contributions, especially after everything you've shared in your Pokémon General thread! Mothim is a really underrated Pokémon and one of my favourite bug-types (especially its shiny), so excellent choice. ^^

Can't wait to hear more about your expertise! I'm going to set up a gallery of everyone's photos and findings. :)

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I love Shiny Mothim, too! My full-odds Gen. IV Shiny Mothim, which I spent nearly a year hunting, is my most prized Shiny. Sadly, since it didn't make it into SWSH or the DLC, now it's imprisoned in HOME until DP remakes. :(

I've been looking, but I haven't found anything new yet. I did get one of my top 10 favorite moths again last night, though: the Dot-Lined White (not to be confused with more common black-spotted white moths, such as the Fall Webworm Moth). The famous "Venezuelan Poodle Moth" is believed to belong to the same genus as this species (Artace) and may even be the same species or a subspecies.



If it wasn't standard for Eeveelutions to be the color primarily associated with their type, I think that a "poodle moth" would be a perfect basis for a Bug-type Eeveelution! (Maybe Shiny Motteon could be based on it?)

Caite-chan said:

I mean there's enough animals in the world to have its own club without it being to minimal. Technically there's enough bugs in the world for the same thing but you just chose to put them together. I almost feel like it would be to much if we included animals seeing as how with VPP this is for Grass and Bug types.

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I mainly brought this up because insects are also animals.

Here is the first part of my beginner's expedition. These Fuchsia-colored beauties are fortunately right in my front yard, they are sasanqua camellias. My mother planted them. They bloom best in semi-sun. They are native to China and Japan. My mom tells me that they grow smaller than other camellias in her garden like the Japonica. Sasquana is more like rose bush size, which is a fine height for me.

Name: Dave.

The grass or bug-type Pokémon that represents you: Torterra

The Plant that you would raise.: A Mango Tree (Mangifera indica). I think it is necessary to know about scientific names.

Favourite Bugs/Insects/Arthropods: Centipede (Chilopoda), Ladybug (Coccinellidae), Milipede (Diplopoda) and Mountain Grasshopper (Melanoplus alpina).
I will first find what should I research.

Well hi guys,
Umm..
So May I ask you a question,
A dog has given birth to the pup and I cannot decide a nice name for her. Would you help me to suggest a name for her???

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I just wanted to pop in here briefly and say that so far I've planted over 140 Daffodil bulbs across the neighborhood (in white, yellow, and pink!) and was lucky enough to come across a yellow-sided Garder snake while doing so!! I was so happy to see the gorgeous creature. :') Pics to come!

I know I'm not an official member of the club but I hope you don't mind my little contribution!

Sorry for the double post!

TheKillerRedSkull said:

Well hi guys,
Umm..
So May I ask you a question,
A dog has given birth to the pup and I cannot decide a nice name for her. Would you help me to suggest a name for her???

Her Pic

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If you want something that's feminine and speaks to her coloring, I recommend Amaya. Sable and Opal are cute too. :)

This was a cool video I found of unique insects that can be raised as pets. My favorite has got to be the female flower mantis used in the screen cap. It's a work of art! The poodle moth is my second choice. It seems like something that would exist in a Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts movie, yet reminds me a little of Frosmoth too. The sunset moth is also very pretty.

VisionofMilotic said:

This was a cool video I found of unique insects that can be raised as pets. My favorite has got to be the female flower mantis used in the screen cap. It's a work of art! The poodle moth is my second choice. It seems like something that would exist in a Harry Potter or Fantastic Beasts movie, yet reminds me a little of Frosmoth too. The sunset moth is also very pretty.

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Although the "Venezuelan Poodle Moth" hasn't been officially classified yet (to my knowledge), many of those shots during its segment are not "poodle moths" but the Domestic Silk Moth and members of the Hyphantria and Spilosoma genus of tiger moths.

Did you know that Frosmoth's Chinese name translates Snow Flannel Moth?

So as of today, in memoriam of my dearly departed Zebra Jumper Brad, I've just officially signed up to be on a waiting list for a male Regal Jumping Spider!! Warning, spider image below for arachnophobes!:


Look at those blue-green chelicerae! And the white smile on his abdomen! I'm so excited, I already have wingless fruit flies and pinhead crickets on the way for when he's ready to be shipped. He should be about instar 7 or 8 when I get him.

Any recommendations for names for this handsome little prince? I'm thinking something noble to honor his regal heritage. Amadeus maybe? Perhaps Markus? Suggestions appreciated!! (｡'▽'｡)♡